YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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13TH CENTURY AD

St. Astvatsatsin (Katoghike) Church was founded. A chapel was erected in the place where the remains of Saint Anania were buried in the 7th century. This is now St. Zoravor (Almighty) Church on Parpetsi Street.

The Gephsiman Chapel was erected, which was destroyed in a 1697 earthquake. It was later restored, then destroyed again.

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1919

The first Armenian radio station was launched during the years of the First Republic, on September 25, 1919.

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1880

Yerevan's first newspaper was "Psak" ("The Wreath"), which was first published on March 15, 1880.

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